Business came back with the power in Morris

10:49 PM,
Oct. 27, 2013

Many Morris County business owners, particularly in Denville, say Hurricane Irene in 2011 was tougher on them than superstorm Sandy. This file photo from Hurricane Irene shows the flooding in the main business district.

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The lines have been straightened, the utility poles replaced and the roads cleared. Nearly one year after Hurricane Sandy, while the Jersey Shore still struggles to recover, it is mostly business as usual in Morris County.

Several business owners in the Morris area still point to the flooding brought by Hurricane Irene in 2011 as far more damaging than the extended but temporary power outages caused by Sandy in Morris County. Shore-area businesses and flood zones in Bergen and Hudson counties, by comparison, also had to deal with Sandy's unprecedented tidal surges, which caused extensive ...